The Golden System

Summary
The "Golden System" is used by many people in Dynæstorre, and out-dates the many other numbering/calculation systems of every country who used to use them. Introduced by the Adrynians,the Golden System makes up more than just the numbering system, but it also includes the common lengths and measurements used in Dynæstorre today.

Temperature
Many people on Earth are familiar with the terms Celsius and Fahrenheit, but the Golden System uses Kelvin instead. Kelvin is a temperature scale designed so that zero degrees K is defined as absolute zero; therefore 1ºK is the same as -272.15ºC, which is also the same as -457.87ºF. Since Kelvin is supposed to be absolute zero, there is no real temperature colder than 0ºK.

Length and Time-spans
As for other measurements, the Golden System uses millimetres, centimetres, feet, metres and miles to calculate distance. For time the Golden System remains pretty much the same as to our system on Earth but with a few changes. The Golden System still uses nanoseconds, milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, etc. but they also have extra time-span measurements such as a chevin [pronounced chev-in] (a period of 0.25 seconds), mijek [pronounced mih-jekk] (a period of 47 days), a cylefta, (a 6th of a year), a quinträgh (half-century), and a quinkûttzägh (half-millennium).

Counting and Numbering
Whereas with basic counting and numbering, the Golden System uses tridecimal (base 13) instead of decimal (base 10) to count things, which means that 13 becomes 10, and 10-12 become A (min), B (niv) and C (prâx).

* For more information on Tridecimal, see the section Numbering System from the page "The Adrynian People".